Panitya, Victoria

Panitya
Victoria

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Panitya
Coordinates 35°14′10″S 140°59′30″E / 35.23611°S 140.99167°ECoordinates: 35°14′10″S 140°59′30″E / 35.23611°S 140.99167°E
Postcode(s) 3512
Elevation 91 m (299 ft)
Location
  • 560 km (348 mi) from Melbourne
  • 238 km (148 mi) from Mildura
  • 23 km (14 mi) from Pinnaroo
  • 10 km (6 mi) from Carina [1]
LGA(s) Rural City of Mildura
State electorate(s) Mildura
Federal Division(s) Mallee
Localities around Panitya:
South Australia Murray-Sunset Murray-Sunset
South Australia Panitya Carina
South Australia Big Desert Big Desert

Panitya is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. The place by road, is situated about 23 kilometres east from Pinnaroo and 10 kilometres west from Carina on the Mallee Highway.

Panitya is a railway station on the Ouyen to Pinnaroo line.

The Post Office opened in 1910 and was closed in 1975.[2]

The area of the locality contains a number of smaller areas, namely Panitya East which had a post office open from 1916 until 1933, Berrook which had a post office open from 1929 until 1935, Manya with a post office from 1928 until 1936, Sunset with a post office from 1921 until 1948 and, below the Mallee Highway, Ngallo.[2]

Notes and references

  1. Travelmate
  2. 2.0 2.1 Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11